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Format NTFS External USB Errors on Win10 machine
I use an external USB drive to backup my ReadyNas daily. It's formated NTFS (by the ReadyNas). Every now and then I need a file from the drive and I take the external drive and plug it into a Win10 ...
Are you dismounting the drive on the readynas before you remove it?
It dismounts automatically after the backup, and remounts properly as long as it doesn't get mounted on a Windows machine first.
I rotate two identical drives daily over and over without incidents. Only on the rare occasion where I mount the drive on a Windows machine do the problems start. It doesn't matter which physical drive.
It's odd that Windows asks to scan it. Normally the dismount in the backup job should prevent that from happening.
Have you tried telling Windows not to fix it?
When you tell windows not to fix it, you can still access the files and folders just fine (in windows). It's when you remount it in the ReadyNas that the above error occurs.
Maybe I should format it on the windows machine?
sfpegasus wrote:
When you tell windows not to fix it, you can still access the files and folders just fine (in windows). It's when you remount it in the ReadyNas that the above error occurs.
I was thinking from the earlier posts that you were always letting Windows do the "fix".
Windows isn't supposed to need you to eject the drive anymore, but did you try that too?
sfpegasus wrote:
Maybe I should format it on the windows machine?
That sounds like a logical next step. I'd also look at the SMART stats of the drive (acronis drive monitor is one freeware package you can use for that, though you do need to give them your email address in exchange).
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